SUMMARY:

• An experienced professional with demonstrated competence in Application Development comprising of Mainframe and Web applications, Teradata, Oracle, Retail, Insurance and Telecom applications using 'Agile & Waterfall' Methodology.
• 13+ Years of relevant experience in Application Design, Development and Testing.
• Areas of expertise on Mainframe - Z/OS, COBOL, MVS/JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, SQL, PL1, EAZYTRIEVE, UNIX, Endeavor, Change man, XPEDITOR, INTERTEST, FILE AID, SAR, CA-7 Scheduler and Utilities like JCL SORT
• Well versed with various frameworks of software development life cycle (SDLC), such as Waterfall & Agile.
• Proficient in querying DB2 using QMF and SPUFI and writing complex queries to create ad-hoc reports using Unions and joins.
• Possess hands-on experience in integrating legacy technologies with web applications.
• A self-starter with excellent Interpersonal, Analytical and communication skills and ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Possess good business and functional knowledge in Banking, Financial Institution, Insurance (BFSI) and Retail industry.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming-Languages: COBOL, JCL, PL1, EZYTRIEVE, SQL, REXX, CICS

Database/File systems: Oracle, TERADATA, DB2, VSAM, SQL SERVER

Tools: TSO/ISPF, RACF, File Aid, ABEND-AID, XPEDITOR, SPUFI, QMF, QMF FOR WORKSTATION 10.1,PASSPORT FTP CLIENT,NDM,IBM File Manager, Endaevor, Change Man, PRO EDIT, INTERTEST, CA7, SAR, BMC DB2 TOOLS,CA-PLATINUM, PANVALET,RC/RU UPDATE, OPTIM, IBM DEBUGGER,HP ALM QC,SERVICE-NOW, MS-OFFICE, LOTUS NOTES,ZEKEUtilities IDCAMS, ICETOOL, DFSORT, DB2 LOAD AND UNLOAD UTILITIES.

OS: Windows, UNIX, OS/390 & Z/OS.

Domain-Expertise & Solutions: Application Analysis Development, Test data Management, Testing, BFSI, Health Care, Retail, Agile and Waterfall, SDLC.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, COLUMBIA, MD

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the client business meetings to understand the business requirements.
• Writing technical specifications documents
• Impact Analysis of both Batch and CICS COBOL programs.
• Coding as per the specifications maintaining coding standards
• Code review
• Debugging for any abends using tools.
• Testing, Capturing test results, Integration Testing, QA review and coordinating Implementation.
• Sql and Cobol Code Optimization
• Business rules extraction using dcode tool.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, VSAM, CHANGEMAN, MQ SERIES, JIRA, ECLIPSE, D*CODE TOOL, VISUAL COBOL, BUGZILLA

Confidential, CHEVY CHASE, MD

Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Writing new COBOL programs and Impact analysis of existing COBOL programs, Coding, Debugging, Testing, Integration Testing Code review and Implementation.
• Writing complex sql for retrieval of data from one region to other region
• Optimization of programs and sqls
• Worked with BA for creation of user requirements

Environment: COBOL,JCL,DB2,CICS,VSAM,ENDEVOR,MQ SERIES,$AVRS,.NET,C/C++,EZYTRIEVE,REXX..NET, TFS. Agile process

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Tech Lead

Responsibilities:

• Writing COBOL programs to convert credit card data from First merit to Huntington format
• Testing, system integration testing, Review, debugging, implementation, and documentation
• CICS Transactions and access
• DB2 system accesss
• RACF Security and access
• Endevor acess
• Coordinating with distributed and other teams to get the data they wanted and resolving the issues.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, VSAM, CHANGEMAN, BMC, ZEKE, SAR, EZYTRIEVE, MQ SERIES,REXX, SAR, File Aid and SPUFI

Confidential, Bentonville, AR

Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the client business meetings to understand the business requirements.
• Assist software developers by analyzing user needs and designing software solutions.
• Involved in Weekly project management reviews (WMRs) with senior managers.
• Recording the test results, Logging the Defects and Tracking the defects to closure.
• Coaching all members of the team, providing on-the-job training to individuals and tailoring training sessions to the team on technical topics related to Mainframe.
• Work with Distributed system team and provide interface suggestions and co-ordinate implementation.

Environment: COBOL II, JCL, TSO/ISPF,.NET,C/C++, MQ SERIES, File-manager, Endevor, SQL &MS Excel.

Confidential, MO

Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Converting data from by writing conversion jcls, cobol programs
• Estimation, Development of new programs, Testing, debugging and Implementation

Environment: COBOL II, JCL, TSO/ISPF, MQ SERIES, INSYNC, SQL &MS Excel.

Confidential

Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Development of new programs, Testing, debugging and Implementation

Environment: COBOL II, JCL, TSO/ISPF, MQ SERIES, CICS, VSAM.

Confidential

Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of the specifications provided by the clients,
• Coding, testing, implementation, and documentation,
• Responsible for overseeing the Quality procedures related to the project,
• Maintaining application and technical support and documentation,
• Ensuring timely deliveries of work requests and quality of deliverables as per laid down processes.

Environment: Teradata, COBOL, JCL, TSO/ISPF, File- MASTER, Endevor, MQ SERIES,SMART-TEST, CA7, SQL & MS Excel

Confidential

Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis, Coding, testing
• Responsible for overseeing the Quality procedures related to the project,
• Maintaining application and technical support and documentation,
• Working with Technical tem to resolve the issues

Environment: COBOL,JCL,DB2,CICS, MQ SERIES,UNIX,ORACLE,CA7,ROSCOE

Confidential

Team member

Responsibilities:

• Writing sql queries and extracting it to worksheet.
• Process the service requests (SR)/problem Reports (PR).
• 24/7 on-call support for batch jobs failures and server traps.
• Tracking the progress of Bridge cases with appropriate support groups in case of out of scope faults.
• Liasing with the various support group to determine nature of fault, fault resolution, etc.
• Coordinate the changes to CA7 schedule, Control-D etc.
• Support to new BT contact staff for queries regarding the application and processes.
• DASD Management
• Rectifying the problems raised through Bridge cases, Investigate the cause of failure and fix the same or pass onto development team as appropriate

Environment: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, MQ SERIES,TSO/ISPF, Unix,Oracle8i, Spufi, Unicenter RC/update, Control-D, Clarify bridge client,CA7,XMODS, SQL, QMF, MVS, CICS, Windows 2000.